Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us on the Moon

by Ryan S. Walters

Book Overview

On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecraft perched atop a large Saturn rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a routine dress rehearsal of their upcoming launch into orbit, then less than a month away. All three astronauts were experienced pilots and had dreams of one day walking on the moon. But little did they know, nor did anyone else, that once they entered the spacecraft that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684510945
• ISBN13: 9781684510948
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Regnery History
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"